diff --git a/src/transforms/apply-operation.js b/src/transforms/apply-operation.js
index 0c20b1d30..a4e50479e 100644
--- a/src/transforms/apply-operation.js
+++ b/src/transforms/apply-operation.js
@@ -285,16 +285,11 @@ function removeNode(state, operation) {
 
 function removeText(state, operation) {
   const { path, offset, length } = operation
+  const rangeOffset = offset + length
   let { document, selection } = state
   const { startKey, endKey, startOffset, endOffset } = selection
   let node = document.assertPath(path)
 
-  const rangeOffset = offset + length
-
-  // Update the document
-  node = node.removeText(offset, length)
-  document = document.updateDescendant(node)
-
   // Update the selection
   if (startKey == node.key && startOffset >= rangeOffset) {
     selection = selection.moveStartOffset(-length)
@@ -303,6 +298,8 @@ function removeText(state, operation) {
     selection = selection.moveEndOffset(-length)
   }
 
+  node = node.removeText(offset, length)
+  document = document.updateDescendant(node)
   state = state.merge({ document, selection })
   return state
 }
diff --git a/src/transforms/at-current-range.js b/src/transforms/at-current-range.js
index 90639d7e9..2eeccea38 100644
--- a/src/transforms/at-current-range.js
+++ b/src/transforms/at-current-range.js
@@ -38,64 +38,16 @@ export function addMark(transform, mark) {
 
 export function _delete(transform) {
   const { state } = transform
-  const { document, selection } = state
-
-  // If the selection is collapsed, there's nothing to delete.
+  const { selection } = state
   if (selection.isCollapsed) return
 
-  const { startText } = state
-  const { startKey, startOffset, endKey, endOffset } = selection
-  const block = document.getClosestBlock(startKey)
-  const highest = block.getHighestChild(startKey)
-  const previous = block.getPreviousSibling(highest.key)
-  const next = block.getNextSibling(highest.key)
-  let after
-
-  // If there's a previous node, and we're at the start of the current node,
-  // and the selection encompasses the entire current node, it won't exist after
-  // deleting, so we need to update the selection's keys.
-  if (
-    previous &&
-    startOffset == 0 &&
-    (endKey != startKey || endOffset == startText.length)
-  ) {
-
-    // If the nodes on either sides are text nodes, they will end up being
-    // combined, so we need to set the selection to right in between them.
-    if (previous.kind == 'text' && next && next.kind == 'text') {
-      after = selection.merge({
-        anchorKey: previous.key,
-        anchorOffset: previous.length,
-        focusKey: previous.key,
-        focusOffset: previous.length
-      })
-    }
-
-    // Otherwise, if only the previous node is a text node, it won't be merged,
-    // so collapse to the end of it.
-    else if (previous.kind == 'text') {
-      after = selection.collapseToEndOf(previous)
-    }
-
-    // Otherwise, if the previous node isn't a text node, we need to get the
-    // last text node inside of it and collapse to the end of that.
-    else {
-      const last = previous.getLastText()
-      after = selection.collapseToEndOf(last)
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Otherwise, if the inline is an online child
-
-  // Otherwise simply collapse the selection.
-  else {
-    after = selection.collapseToStart()
-  }
-
   transform
-    .unsetSelection()
+    .snapshotSelection()
     .deleteAtRange(selection)
-    .moveTo(after)
+    // Ensure that the selection is collapsed to the start, because in certain
+    // cases when deleting across inline nodes this isn't guaranteed.
+    .collapseToStart()
+    .snapshotSelection()
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/transforms/index.js b/src/transforms/index.js
index 3c0205f36..6ce9e61cf 100644
--- a/src/transforms/index.js
+++ b/src/transforms/index.js
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ import {
   moveToRangeOf,
   unsetMarks,
   unsetSelection,
+  snapshotSelection,
 } from './on-selection'
 
 /**
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ export default {
   moveToRangeOf,
   unsetMarks,
   unsetSelection,
+  snapshotSelection,
 
   /**
    * History.
diff --git a/src/transforms/on-selection.js b/src/transforms/on-selection.js
index 8aac5e4f8..9eb177dbc 100644
--- a/src/transforms/on-selection.js
+++ b/src/transforms/on-selection.js
@@ -412,6 +412,18 @@ export function unsetMarks(transform) {
   transform.setSelectionOperation({ marks: null })
 }
 
+/**
+ * Snapshot the current selection.
+ *
+ * @param {Transform} transform
+ */
+
+export function snapshotSelection(transform) {
+  const { state } = transform
+  const { selection } = state
+  transform.setSelectionOperation(selection, { snapshot: true })
+}
+
 /**
  * Unset the selection, removing an association to a node.
  *
diff --git a/src/transforms/operations.js b/src/transforms/operations.js
index 25413ff23..923919192 100644
--- a/src/transforms/operations.js
+++ b/src/transforms/operations.js
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export function setNodeOperation(transform, path, properties) {
  * @param {Mixed} selection
  */
 
-export function setSelectionOperation(transform, properties) {
+export function setSelectionOperation(transform, properties, options = {}) {
   properties = Normalize.selectionProperties(properties)
 
   const { state } = transform
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export function setSelectionOperation(transform, properties) {
   // create a dictionary of the previous values for all of the properties that
   // are being changed, for the inverse operation.
   for (const k in properties) {
-    if (properties[k] == selection[k]) continue
+    if (!options.snapshot && properties[k] == selection[k]) continue
     props[k] = properties[k]
     prevProps[k] = selection[k]
   }